RIFE Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

rife

adjective

ˈrīf

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption

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Recent Examples of rife In the hours after police discovered the bodies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner inside their Brentwood, California, home, speculation was rife over what could have led someone to murder the beloved Hollywood director and his other half, a charismatic photographer and producer. —

Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025 Rumours are rife in the village and the authorities are no help. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025 Mars had a past where liquid water was rife on the surface, and probably spent more than the first billion years of its existence with oceans and rivers throughout its surface. —

Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025 The Oilers aren’t developing the kids at pace, and defensive mistakes are rife. —

Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rife

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The program, known as IRS Direct File, allowed users to file their taxes with pre-filled tax forms, such as W-2s, free of cost.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025